Monthly Archives: January 2019

TYR Velocity goggles first impressions

Posted on January 8, 2019 by james

As I posted last week, I was in need of some new goggles to replace my TYR Racetech pair and ended up purchasing three sets: TYR Velocity, Arena Tracks and Nike Remora, all with clear lenses as the pool I … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 8th January 2019

Posted on January 8, 2019 by james

I arrived on poolside today to find a number of slow(er than me) swimmers taking up multiple lanes. Fortunately the lifeguards were happy to make another lane for me. I don’t relish the prospect of piling into some lady twenty … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 7th January 2019

Posted on January 7, 2019 by james

A repeat of Friday’s session today, with the advantage of new goggles, despite feeling quite tired and not really wanting to go thanks to not sleeping very well last night. As things turned out however, once I got going it … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #36

Posted on January 6, 2019 by james

It certainly wasn’t warm out there today, but armed with some newly-purchased stainless steel screws I decided to get on with the cladding on the sides of the roof. To do that it was necessary to open the roof which … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 4th January 2019

Posted on January 6, 2019 by james

A tough session today, dropping my rest interval down again and already feeling very tired in the arms. I plugged away but eventually failed on rep 16, so hopefully I can do better next week. USRPT distance this year: 5,100m … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 3rd January 2019

Posted on January 3, 2019 by james

A very tough day today, though I’m really not sure why. I was just repeating the same set as yesterday. Must be the change of goggles 😀 All in all though, despite being very tired towards the end, things went … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #35

Posted on January 3, 2019 by james

Dry weather on the last day of the Christmas break gave me the opportunity to get back to the observatory and clad the last, eastern, wall. This wall is very sheltered, being barely a metre from a stone wall and … Continue reading →

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Time for new goggles again

Posted on January 3, 2019 by james

After just over a year wearing TYR Racetech goggles, the two pairs I bought have finally given up the ghost. In both cases the strap just fell apart quite suddenly after the material seemed to degrade very rapidly. Although people … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #34

Posted on January 2, 2019 by james

Construction has slowed somewhat thanks to the weather, but taking advantage of a day when it threatened to rain but turned out to be bluffing, the eastern and northern walls are now covered in cladding, all but for the top … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 2nd January 2019

Posted on January 2, 2019 by james

First time swimming this year! And sadly because of the way things have worked out with opening times, the first time in ten days 🙁 Still, the plan was to repeat the set I swam last time, on 21st December. … Continue reading →

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